1/5 🧵 Mass deportation is not just an economic issue; it's a deeply human one. About 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the U.S., contributing $46.8 billion in federal taxes and $29.3 billion in state and local taxes in 2022. 2/5 This cruel proposal could separate 4 million mixed-status families, impacting 8.5 million U.S. citizens, including 5.1 million children. Imagine the devastation as these households would see incomes drop by an average of 62.7%.

WATCH: Former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was asked if @CBP was limiting the capacity to process asylum seekers in front of Congress in December 2018.

She lied.

She denied the agency had made changes to limit capacity. New reports show the agency was doing the opposite. This revelation was exposed in an @DHSOIG report—but it wasn’t the only alarming find. Here are the other incredibly disturbing conclusions about @CBP’s actions.

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⚠️THREAD: The Trump administration incompetently executed family separation with disregard for the well-being of children and families.

Hundreds may never see their parents again.

Here’s what the Council found after we analyzed over 1,000 documents. The government did not set up a system for tracking separated families.

They used a spreadsheet.

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Here are 7 actions @ICEgov must take immediately to protect people from COVID-19. ⬇️ 1. ICE should limit enforcement actions that feed the pipeline to immigration detention during the time of a declared national emergency.

We just filed a lawsuit to close the immigration courts and continue time-sensitive cases through remote technologies.

americanimmigrationcouncil.org/litigation/sto… Health officials have told us to stay home and practice social distancing to flatten the curve of COVID-19.

However, the government is ignoring this advice.

Thousands of in-person court hearings continue and nearly 40,000 detainees are held in close quarters.

Our litigation team just finished our closing arguments in our case challenging inhumane and unconstitutional conditions in U.S. Border Patrol detention centers in Arizona’s Tucson Sector.

Here’s what happened during the course of the seven-day trial. ⬇️ A federal judge heard from experts who testified on the inadequate medical care and severe conditions inside Tucson Sector facilities.

Another witness summarized gov't data that showed prolonged detention in these facilities, which are intended only for short-term confinement.

THREAD: Our Advocacy Manager just arrived back from the secretive tent immigration courts in Laredo Port.

Here are 5 major concerns we observed. 1. Advocates and attorneys are only being allowed into one hearing room.

There are multiple other courtrooms that remain closed off to the public. This violates DOJ regulations requiring immigration hearings to generally be open to the public.

THREAD: Why don't undocumented immigrants just get in line? Because no “line” is available for the vast majority of them. (1/6) Immigration to the United States on a temporary or permanent basis is generally limited to three different routes: employment, family reunification, or humanitarian protection. (2/6)

THREAD: We’re suing the government—again.

This time, we’re representing 5 asylum-seeking mothers and their children torn apart under the Trump administration’s #FamilySeparation policy. (1/8)

bit.ly/2GGUK14 We’re seeking compensation for the families for the long-lasting trauma intentionally inflicted on these mothers and children by the Trump administration.

The children grapple every day with nightmares, anxiety, fear, and emotional outbursts.

Here are their stories. (2/8)